Pongo may refer to:

Places

Pongo (geography) A ''pongo'' is a term used in the Peruvian Spanish dialect for 'canyon'. It is derived from either Quechua language, Quechua ''puncu'' or the Aymara language, Aymara ''ponco'', meaning 'door' or 'gate.' See: * The Pongo de Manseriche: a gorge in no ...

, canyon or narrow gorge in the Upper Amazon * Pongo River (disambiguation), several rivers or estuaries in Africa * Pongo, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Pongo, Longleng, village in Longleng district of Nagaland State, India

People

* Tom 'Pongo' Waring (1906–1980), English footballer * Joe Cantillon ("Pongo Joe", 1861–1930), U.S. manager in American Major League Baseball * Pongo (musician) Angolan-Portuguese musician

Animals

* ''Pongo'' (genus), the orangutans * Pongo, chimpanzee, star attraction in 1884 at the Zoological Park in

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Fictional characters

* Pongo Twistleton, book character from P. G. Wodehouse's Uncle Fred stories from the 1930s to 1960s * Janice "Pongo" Footrot, comics character from Murray Ball's strip ''

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'' (1975–1994) * Pongo the Pirate, puppet character from Gerry Anderson's TV series '' Torchy the Battery Boy'' (1958–1959) * "Pongo" Banks, antagonist of the 1979 Alan Clarke film '' Scum'' * Pongo, assistant to Johhny Gan (Bobby Lee) on ''Mad TV'' (season 12) * Pongo, puppet from

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short films

Fictional animals

* Pongo, male Dalmatian dog character in '' The Hundred and One Dalmatians'', 1956 children's novel by Dodie Smith, and other adaptations: ** ''

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'', 1961 animated film by Walt Disney ** ''101 Dalmatians'' (1996 film), a live-action film by Walt Disney Pictures * Pongo, pampered pet dragon in the British children's television series ''

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'' (1955), created by Gordon Murray * Pongo, the Dragon, character since 2001 in U.S. animated children's show ''Oswald'' * Pongo, Dalmatian dog character in the 2011 American television series ''

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'' * Pongo, dog character of Billy The Kid in the D. C. Thomson 1970s British comics '' Cracker'' * Pongo, circus chimpanzee (who plays a role in the plot) in Enid Blyton's 5th Famous Five book, '' Five Go Off in a Caravan'' (1946) * Pongo, a sentient, featureless mound incapable of feeling or emotion resembling a dog. From the sketch “Pongo” on the American comedy series

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Fictional places